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Assessing first-aid responder safety is the initial step before offering assistance
Health Headlines Commentary for May 29, 2017 Source: Canadian Red Cross: First-Aid Responders Can Refuse CPR In Fentanyl Overdoses
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Doubling up on CPR saves lives
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 5, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: With CPR, two bystanders are better than one: study Reference: Does the number of rescuers affect the survival rate from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests? Two or more rescuers are not always better than one
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Monitoring CO2 levels helps determine when to stop and when to continue CPR efforts
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 18, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: 96 Minutes Without a Heartbeat
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Chest-compression CPR produces better survival outcomes
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 6 , 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Compression-Only CPR Increases Survival Reference: Bobrow B, et al “Chest compression-only CPR by lay rescuers and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest” JAMA 2010; 304(13): 1447-1454. Cone D “Compression-only CPR: Pushing the science forward” JAMA 2010; 304(13): 1493-1495.
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New variation in CPR can improve survival outcome
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 29, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Studies show hands-only CPR is enough to save lives
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Sunday House Call #284, October 4, 2009
An excellent illustration of how medical science and science in general continuously questions and evaluates accepted practices and ideas, is exemplified by a study on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) recently published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The results demonstrate that people have better chances to survive when more chest compressions are used. Dr.…
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CPR: More chest compressions increase survival
Original broadcast date: October 4, 2009 An excellent illustration of how medical science and science in general continuously questions and evaluates accepted practices and ideas, is exemplified by a study on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) recently published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The results demonstrate that people have better chances to survive when…